André Rouvoet Politician

André Rouvoet (born 4 January 1962) is a former Dutch politician of the ChristianUnion (CU). First as a member of the RPF until the party merged with the Reformed Political League (GPV) to form the ChristianUnion. He served as a Member of the House of Representatives from 17 May 1994 until 22 February 2007. When the ChristianUnion party leader Kars Veling retired, Rouvoet unexpectedly became the new party leader and the Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives serving from 12 November 2002 until 22 February 2007. On that day, he became Minister of Youth and Family and Deputy Prime Minister serving from 22 February 2007 until 14 October 2010 in the Fourth Balkenende cabinet. He returned to the House of Representatives on 17 June 2010 and again as parliamentary leader. On 29 April 2011 he announced his retired from politics. He was succeeded as party leader and parliamentary leader by Arie Slob.He was the party leader of the ChristianUnion from 9 November 2002 until 28 April 2011.

Personal facts

André Rouvoet
Birth dateJanuary 04, 1962
Birth nameAndré Rouvoet
Birth place
Hilversum , Netherlands
Nationality
Netherlands
Religion
Christian Reformed Churches
Residence
Netherlands , Woerden
Education
VU University Amsterdam

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Office holder

associate
office
Deputy Prime Minister
Member of the House of Representatives
House of Representatives
Minister of Education Culture and Science
Minister of Youth and Family
Parliamentary leader - ChristianUnion
party
ChristianUnion
Reformatory Political Federation
prime minister
successor

André Rouvoet on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.christenunie.nl/nl/rouvoet
  2. http://www.parlement.com/9291000/biof/02541
  3. http://www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerleden/alle_kamerleden/rouvoet_andre/index.jsp